Chorlton & Didsbury Foodbank

Analysis

Chorlton & Didsbury Foodbank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in April 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Chorlton & Didsbury Foodbank reported income of £37k and spending of £52k, spending 140% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £62k to £37k (-41%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Chorlton & Didsbury Foodbank sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Staffordshire Moorlands Talking Newspaper (£37k), Blaby and Glen Parva Community Service (£37k) and Ohr Chaim Limited (£37k).